Rein-holder.



J. A. BEAN.

, REIN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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REIN-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4,1913.

Application filed May 9, 1912. Serial No. 696,270.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jesse A. BEAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Texarkana, in the county of Bowie andState of Texas, have invented a new and useful Rein- Holder, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rein holders, which are adaptedto be attached to any suitable place on a vehicle or hitching post, andhas for its object to provide a simple and strong rein holder to whichboth lines can be secured together in one operation and firmly held, andfrom which they can be removed with a single pull.

The rein holder is so constructed that the harder the horse pulls on thelines the tighter they engage the holder and withoutany materiallengthening of the lines.

It consists in certain features of construction, and a certaincombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved rein holder applied to the forward end of the outside of avehicle body and illustrating one manner of securing the reins thereto.Fig. 2 is a side view of the rein holder detached. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview showing how the rein holder is secured to a vehicle.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, 5 designates the rein holder, which is preferablyconstructed of a single piece of iron, steel, brass or other suitablematerial. The rein holder is provided with a base plate 6, which isoblong in its general outline with rounded corners for purposes ofornament. The base plate has a fiat inner side adapted to be secured tothe side of the forward end of any other suitable part of a vehiclebody, as shown in Fig. l, by means of bolts 7 which pass throughperforations in ach corner of the base and the vehicle body and aresecured on the inner side of the body by nuts.

Arranged longitudinally and centrally o the base plate 6 and rising atright angles or perpendicularly therefrom is a thin, flat body portion8. The body is provided with an extension 9 beyond the base plate, whichextension is formed with a deep V-shaped slot or bifurcation 10, therebydividing the extension into two parts. The slot extends down to a pointnearly on a line with the upper edge of the base plate, as shown in Fig.3. By virtue of said slot a pair of prongs or fingers 11, 12, areprovided, the inner prong or finger being longer than the outer prong orfinger. Both fingers or prongs are tapered, and as a result of this, theinner long prong o-r finger is set away from the wagon body, when therein holder is mounted in place, thereby providing a wedge-shaped space13 between said prong and the side of the vehicle body, which space hasits greatest width at the top and tapers gradually downwardly to thebase plate. The tapered shape of the prongs also provides a tapered orwedge-shaped space between the prongs.

The body portion 8 is provided with a centrally-disposed, narrowlongitudinallyextending slot 14 through which the reins can be passedand tied when the horse is not hitched to the vehicle. As illustrated, Ihave elected to show my rein holder disposed diagonally with the prongsextending upwardly and backwardly, but it is evident that the devicecould be vertically disposed, if desired.

As is readily apparent, the reins can be secured to the rein holder in anumber of different ways, one of which is illustrated in Fig. 1. Tosecure the reins in the manner illustrated, the free portion of thereins is passed through the slot 13 between the inner prong 12 and theside of the vehicle,

then passed around the prong 12 and through the slot 10 between theprongs 11 and 12 and then over the lines, when a downward pull on thelines will wedge the lines securely between the body of the vehicle andthe inner prong and also between the two prongs. From the arrangement ofthe rein holder it is plain that any pulling on the lines by the horsewill only serve to wedge them tighter. To remove the reins, it is onlynecessary to take hold of the lines and give them a quick upward pullwhen the reins will slide along and off the tapered prong 12, thusreleasing them. When the reins are secured between the prongs l1 and 12,the slot 14 is not used. The latter is of advantage when it is desiredto tie an animal, which is not hitched to the vehicle.

What is claimed is In combination with a support, a rein holdercomprising a base plate secured against the support, a body portionmounted on the base plate, and diagonally arranged prongs carried by thebody portion and projecting beyond one end of the base plate in anupward direction and inclined rearwardly away from the direct pull ofthe reins, said prongs being outwardly tapered from the body portion totheir outer ends forming a tapered slot between them and also a taperedspace between the inner prong and the adjacent support, whereby when thereins are looped about the inner prong the reins will be wedged at oneside between the inner prong and the adjacent support and at the otherside between the inner prong and the outer prong, the pull on the reinsserving to tighten the engagement of the reins with the holder.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE ALFONSO BEAN.

Witnesses:

the T. TRIGG, M. P. ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

